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Posted by Eliza Williams, 24 September 2008, 11:12    Permalink    Comments (1)

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Design firm PostlerFerguson has created Olympus, a 1:1 model of one of Concorde's engines, which will be on display in the window of Selfridges until October 22.

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The model is both a eulogy to the design feat of Concorde but also to Selfridge's own heritage - when the store first opened in 1909 it displayed the Bleriot XI, the first airplane to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.

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Pleasingly, despite the technical brilliance it is celebrating, the model was created by PostlerFerguson by using a maintenance manual purchased on eBay for £6 and lots of styrofoam, paper and glue.

1 Comment

I wish they had maintained at least one Concorde for commercial use.
DIY Dave
2009-04-23 11:30:29

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